Introduction
The fur trade has formed a remarkable part of the history of Canada. The fur trade greatly developed into western Canada until 1870 following the founding of the Hudson’s Bay and the North West Companies around 1670’s. This was a unique trade since during that time, it was the only industry that allowed the exchange of goods between two groups of people who were very different (that is, the Europeans and the Indians). According to several historians, the fur trade was an exploitation of gullible Indians by their European counterparts in the trade. Some of these historians such as ...
